If the entire public service were to see compensation rise by 4.5 per cent between 20, and by the rate of inflation thereafter, this could amount to $16.2 billion in additional spending between 2023-28, the report says.īased on the 2023-24 departmental plans, the public service will reach the equivalent of 428,000 full-time employees this fiscal year. The PBO says expenditure could rise further, with 26 out of 28 bargaining groups currently negotiating collective agreements.
The Parliamentary Budget Office says the increase in salaries was the largest contributor to the rise in total compensation, but spending on pensions, overtime and bonuses also grew at a faster rate. Meanwhile, average compensation for the equivalent of a full-time employee rose by 6.6 per cent, from $117,497 in 2019-20 to $125,300 in 2021-22. The report says the public service expanded by the equivalent of 31,227 full-time employees between April 2020 and March 2022, which departments attribute mostly to the pandemic. Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament Hill.Spending on salaries, pensions and other employee compensation rose from $46.3 billion to $60.7 billion over that time period. There have been six laws passed that funded pandemic relief (CPRSA, FFCR, CARES, PPP & HCE, CRRSA, and ARP) that have been distributed to 17 spending categories as of March 2022.The federal government's spending on employees saw record growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the parliamentary budget officer.Ī newly published report says federal spending on personnel increased by almost 31 per cent between the 2019-22 fiscal years. The following table shows an overview of federal spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic broken down by spending category and pandemic response legislation. The spending categories include federal program administration and oversight global assistance public services state, local, and tribal governments health care individuals unemployment veterans broadband and technology education farming industry financial institutions and federal reserve Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) small businesses transportation private sector pensions and tax credits.įederal spending in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic The federal government has allocated $5.2 trillion to 17 spending categories in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 2022. The following chart shows the total federal spending in response to the COVID-19 pandemic broken down by category. Total federal spending in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Financial institutions and federal reserve.Federal program administration and oversight.The funding from the above laws was distributed to the following 17 spending categories:
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